Danny Wilson became the latest exciting young British talent to join Roy Hodgson's Liverpool revolution when he put pen to paper on a three-year Anfield contract in July 2010.
The Scottish starlet arrived from Glasgow Rangers, where he had enjoyed a trophy-laden debut season in football.
Having shown much promise at reserve and youth team level, Wilson was thrust into the hurly burly of a senior game at the age of just 17 in a CIS Cup quarter-final tie with Dundee in October 2009.
Nonetheless, he turned in a performance that belied his tender years at centre-back - and he retained his place in Walter Smith's team for an encounter against Unirea Urziceni one week later, in which he became the youngest ever player to represent Rangers in the Champions League.
The start of 2010 brought an Old Firm debut for Wilson as he lined up against Celtic, a week after his 18th birthday.
In total, he made 24 starts for Rangers in 2009-10 as Smith's side swept all before them by clinching a domestic treble.
Wilson's role in the Ibrox side's success saw him clinch a trio of personal accolades - SFA Young Player of the Year, the Scottish Football Writers' Young Player of the Year and Rangers' Young Player of the Year. |